Prime Minister Boris Johnson (four words that demonstrate just how far we've descended) announced an undemocratic five-week shutdown of Parliament today in order to force through a no-deal Brexit. It's a coup.
A no-deal Brexit drops the UK out of the single market and customs union without any arrangements. It also ...
August 28, 2019
I’ve never been to Burning Man, and I’m definitely Burning Man curious, but I’m also more than uneasy with the ostentatious displays of wealth. It’s not just the entry fee; the time and money required to build giant works of art seem like something that only privileged people would have ...
August 27, 2019
I’m back in the habit of reading my feed subscriptions at the beginning of every day. I love blogs: posts are typically more longform and thoughtful, and less led by trending topics on social media sites. It’s usually “here’s what I’ve been thinking about lately,” which is lovely. As Kevin ...
August 26, 2019
I’ve always believed in the power of an open web. It’s hard to remember now, but we came from a world where only a small number of people could publish and be heard. Those people were chosen by an even smaller set of gatekeepers: predominantly white men who got to ...
August 19, 2019
Doug Belshaw wrote a post the other day about the effects of vendor lock-in on wages and retention:
But going one step further, if you’re making more profit through vendor lock-in, you can pay higher wages to your staff. In fact, you might have to do this, because your product isn’t ...
August 16, 2019
The modern software development process is aruably centered around something called a pull request. Here's a simplified version of how it works:
All source code is stored in a source repository (there are many types, but git is the most popular).
The main source code that everyone references is stored in a ...
August 8, 2019
If your argument is that people need guns for self-defense, you're horribly misinformed. See the El Paso shooting: 22 people dead, in an open carry state. Or, any forensic pathologist will tell you that owning or carrying a gun just increases the risk that you yourself will be shot with ...
August 5, 2019
Books
Border Districts, by Gerald Murnane. A treatise on memories and imagery from the perspective of the end of a man’s life; in particular on the changing meaning of the images we carry with us over time, and the properties thereof. Hypnotic.
A Fire Story, by Brian Fies. An emotionally-written, boldly-drawn graphic ...
August 3, 2019